Urban Politics, Grassroots Activists, and the Struggle for Democracy in Houston, 1964-1976
by
Wesley G. Phelps
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
In A People’s War on Poverty, Wesley G. Phelps investigates the on-the-ground implementation of President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty during the 1960s and 1970s. He argues that the fluid interaction between federal policies, urban politics, and grassroots activists created a significant site...